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The formation of a fallen soldier's helmet, rifle and boots -- known as a battlefield cross -- sits in the sanctuary of St. Thomas Aquinas Church during the sixth annual Red, White and Blue Mass in Avondale, Ariz., Nov. 6. The Diocese of Phoenix marked the occasion to honor active and retired service men and women and to recall those who died in service to the country. Veterans Day is Nov. 11. (CNS photo/Nancy Wiechec)

Pilgrims stand outside the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem's Old City March 28. During his pilgrimage to the Holy Land in May, Pope Francis will hold an ecumenical meeting at the church to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the historic meeting between Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras. (CNS photo/Debbie Hill) (March 31, 2014) See HOLYLAND-SCHEDULE (UPDATED) March 27, 2014.

Survivors look at destroyed buildings April 27 following an earthquake in Bhaktapur, Nepal. More than 3,600 people were known to have been killed and more than 6,500 others injured after a magnitude-7.8 earthquake hit a mountainous region near Kathmandu April 25. (CNS photo/Abir Abdullah, EPA) See POPE-NEPAL April 27, 2015.

Deacon Leo Blasi at a forward operating base at Garry Owen, in Iraq in 2010. Deacon Blasi served in Bosnia from 2002 to 2003 and Iraq from 2009 to 2010, as well as assisted via the National Guard at fight fires in California in 2005, the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana in 2005 and by carrying hay bales to stranded cattle in western Kansas in 2007. Register File Photo.

Father Richard Daise, right, works with one of the horses at Ft. Riley, Kan. The horse was one of the mounts of the "Commanding General's Own Mounted Color Guard." Horses periodically need to have their teeth filed to prevent sharp points which can irritate the cheeks or the tongue and the horse will have difficulty eating. Prior to entering the seminary for the Diocese of Salina, Father Daise served nearly three decades as a veterinarian in the U.S. Army. Register file photo (2002 or 2003)